DOA

Donald Osborne designs and works on a variety of projects. Mainly housing and mixed use buildings. 

From small interventions in existing Heritage buildings to urban planning neighborhoods.

DOA works with a platform of experts so each project has a custom made team for the job at hand. 

Some fields of expertise; Design and Visualization, Design Development and Cost, Design and Engineering, Interior Design, etc.

From 2004 Donald has worked on his own commissions. First parallel to other employment, later as an independent Architect. 

Donald has been engaged in the proces of designing and building for over 20 years. Designing and engineering many large housing projects, renovating and extending multiple Heritage buildings and developing and renovating historic buildings in Amsterdam.

Donald Graduated from the TUDelft in 2007.

Awards

Shortlist Rijnland Architecture Award 2025 Cantilever Villa

Longlist Rijnland Architecture Award 2025 Braassem Dyke House 

Nominated for the Rijnland Architecture award 2019 Old Dune Villa

Winner of the Arie Keppler Award 2016

Winner Geurt Brinkgreve Bokaal 2015

Nominated for Zuiderkerk Award 2016

Nominated for A.A.P 2016 (Amsterdam Architecture Award)

Winner of Public design Competition Bicycle Parking Nieuwegein

Honorable mention Railway Museum Goes (TUDelft)

Publications

Boomerang Bungalow, the art of living nr 06-2024 (magazine)

Cantilever Villa, the art of living nr 06-2024 (magazine), www.theartofliving.nl

IJssel Dyke House, Kavel&Huis Maart ’23-April ’23 (magazine)

Old Dune Villa, Kavel&Huis Nov’19-Jan’20 (magazine)

Gardeners Home Castle Moersbergen, Art of Living nr 5-2021 (magazine), www.theartofliving.nl

Gearwheel Factory Amsterdam, www.dezeen.com, www.archdaily.com , www.designboom.com

Bicycle Parking Snelbinder, www.archdaily.com , www.architectuur.org, www.stedebouwarchitectuur.nl , www.architectenweb.nl, www.arch-lokaal.nl

Projects

2025

Stacked housing project in centre of Alphen a/d Rijn 1.000m2

Transformation of industrial site to housing/mixed use 850m2

2024

Collective Private Development Apartments 1.200m2

Villa Lange Voort 350m2

Waterfront house Woubrugge 250m2

2023

Villa Rotterdam 500m2

Transformation of old firestation/ sales gallery tot patio villa 300m2

Extension and redesign of dutch heritage house Leiden 150m2

Overhaul of holiday home Noordwijk 60m2 

Interior design Black Beacon 360m2

Villa design for dune villapark Noordwijk 22 villa’s

Poolhouse design Park Villa

Interior design Cantilever Villa 300m2

2022

Design Gardenhouse/ Atelier on Monumental site Moersbergen

Overhaul of villa at Dobbelmannduin Noordwijk

2021

Interior design of loft at the Flour Mill Leiden (Meelfabriek) 200m2

Urban design and strategy for Dune Villa Park Noordwijk 22 houses, 3 acres 

Design Cantilever Villa Noordwijk 450m2

Apartments studies Amsterdam development 160m2

2020

Extension and groundfloor overhaul ‘t Hooge Nest’ 160m2

Villa XIII Black Beacon Alkmaardermeer 360m2

Dyke House II Braassemermeer 340m2

Villa XII Noordwijk 520m2

2019

Dyke House I Cappelle a/d IJssel 215m2

Villa XI design Noordwijk 220m2

Villa X design Noordwijk 180m2

Villa IX Noordwijk 540m2

Office extension and renovation golfcentre 450m2

Villa Bloemendaal renovation and extension 300m2

2018

Villa VIII design, project management 380m2

Villa VII design, project management 290m2

Monument Moersbergen renovation, extension 280m2, garden proposal

2017

Villa VI design and project management 310m2

Villa V design and project management 305m2

Villa IV energy neutral, exterior and interior design, total development 290m2

2016

Transformation of facility building to apartment building, 7 apartments

2015

BLOM gearwheel factory transformed into 12 industrial loft houses 1.500m2

Gardenhouse NL

2014

VILLA 3.0 designed and build in 6 months

2013

VIDE HOUSE Design and development, energy neutral   

2011

BICYCLEPARKING Nieuwegein delivered after prize winning design for young architects

2010

1e prize, competition 2 story bicycleparking in Nieuwegein

2009

Island house extension completed